Administration

Administration settings guide

Use these pages when configuring SimpleChat from Admin Settings. The application now uses group → tab → section navigation, so each page below covers one group and each tab has a stable heading anchor.

Start here

For a first-time deployment, configure Appearance, AI Models, Knowledge, Workspaces, Chat, Security, and Agents & Actions first. Then review Scale, Operations, Governance, Data Lifecycle, Backup & Recovery, Workflow, and Help as the deployment moves into operations.

Settings groups

Group	What it controls	Tabs	Link
Appearance	Appearance controls the public-facing identity of SimpleChat: branding, landing copy, banners, user notices, terms, custom pages, and external navigation links.	branding, notices, custom-pages	Appearance settings
Chat	Chat controls the conversation surface: file uploads, processing indicators, drawers, history, feedback, notifications, citations, and the default prompt.	chat-experience, feedback-alerts, citation	Chat settings
AI Models	AI Models configures chat, embedding, image generation, APIM, multi-endpoint routing, and model endpoint identity behavior.	model-endpoints, embeddings, image-generation	AI Models settings
Agents & Actions	Agents & Actions controls the Semantic Kernel runtime, agent marketplace presentation, document actions, built-in actions, workspace permissions, orchestration, and inbound MCP.	agents, actions, inbound-mcp	Agents & Actions settings
Workspaces	Workspaces controls personal, group, and public workspace availability, file downloads, sharing policy, file-size limits, and global identities.	workspace-types, files-sharing, workspace-identities	Workspaces settings
Workflow	Workflow centralizes task sequence, assignment, and approval behavior used across SimpleChat surfaces.	workflow	Workflow settings
Knowledge	Knowledge controls web research, URL access, Azure AI Search, extraction, chunking, multimodal processing, audio/video processing, and file sync.	web-research, search-index, extraction, audio-video, file-sync	Knowledge settings
Security	Security covers access roles, Key Vault integration, Content Safety, idle session behavior, and Front Door-aware network URLs.	access-roles, secrets, content-safety, session, network	Security settings
Governance	Governance controls review policy for personal, group, and global endpoints, agents, actions, and MCP destinations.	feature-governance, governance-policies, mcp-governance	Governance settings
Data Lifecycle	Data Lifecycle groups retention, classification, and conversation archiving decisions.	retention, classification, archiving	Data Lifecycle settings
Backup & Recovery	Backup & Recovery contains backup readiness, scheduled backups, migration, restore, backup inventory, job history, and Cosmos JSON repair tools.	backup, migrate, restore, cosmos-editor, jobs	Backup & Recovery settings
Scale	Scale covers Redis, conversation and search caches, document access indexing, Cosmos maintenance, and Cosmos throughput automation.	redis-caching, cosmos	Scale settings
Operations	Operations collects Control Center access, refresh behavior, Application Insights, debug logging, file-processing logs, health checks, and Swagger documentation.	control-center-config, logging	Operations settings
Help	Help controls end-user support navigation, Send Feedback destinations, and Latest Features cards.	support-menu, send-feedback, latest-features	Help settings